Month: June 2013

Google to be banned in Pakistan if it doesn’t clean up YouTube

With YouTube already shuttered in Pakistan, Google is now reportedly facing an all-out ban in that country, according to The Times of India. The country’s new IT and telecommunication minister, Anusha Rahman Khan, announced that unless Google removes “blasphemous and objectionable material” from YouTube, the country will block access to all Google sites.”It all depends on our negotiation clout,” Khan said, according to The Times of India. “If they persist with their stance, we can block Google in Pakistan as a last resort as there are many alternative search engines available on the Web.” YouTube was originally blocked in Pakistan on September 17 after the Middle East erupted in protests in reaction to “Innocence of Muslims,” a video on YouTube that depicts the prophet Muhammad as a buffoon

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Do video games cause violence? Feds want more research

Is there a connection between fantasy violence in games like Bulletstorm and real-world violence? (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Scientists and psychologists for years have debated whether there’s a connection between video games and real-world violence. Do video games refine hand-eye coordination and spur creativity — or instead turn you into a sociopath?

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